In the past four months, I have seen a transformation in my life in that, I have been able to single-handedly purchase building materials for my house. This would not have been possible a few months back. I did not have a stable income and was living a life of hand to mouth.

The current goal that I have is to build myself an ironed roofed house. After which I am planning to start making bricks for sale to earn me an income.

I am planning to build a new house for myself. Currently, I live in a grass-thatched house which is not comfortable due to the tediousness of constantly changing the grass. When I received my transfers in the past four months, I have bought timber, iron sheets, and nails. This will facilitate the construction of an ironed roof house. Besides that, I was able to purchase sheep for the purpose of rearing for reproduction and as they increase in number I can sale some.

In the coming six months hopefully, I will have finished the construction of my new house and I will have started making bricks for sale. This will help generate an income for me even after the transfers have stopped.

My life is currently different from how it was four months ago because I have cattle to depend on in case of any emergency. I can sell them and meet my needs. I do not have to over depend on my relatives. I also believe that soon, my iron-roofed house shall have been erected after buying building materials.

My new goal is to construct an Iron roofed house. I am glad I have managed to buy building materials for this course. Staying in a grass thatched house is not so comfortable. Furthermore, it is costly for maintaining the house. I have to purchase new grass every other time.

The biggest difference in my daily is that I have been able to add more cattle to my kraal. This makes me happy because I can sell at least one to cater for any emergency that might arise. I never had any cattle before and in case of emergencies, I had to turn to my relatives for support. Unfortunately, they do not have much and they also have their responsibilities making it difficult for them to support me.

In the next six months, hopefully, I will be staying in an iron-roofed house comfortably. I believe my family will be more comfortable in this new house as compared to our small, grass-thatched house.

I feel so much peace in my life. before the transfers, I used to have a lot of worries and headaches because things were not working out for me. I would really work hard nut there was no change in my daily life. Ever since I started receiving the transfers, I have had peace in my life and I feel my life is moving on.

My new goal in the next four months, I would still want to finalise the building of my new house. This is my desire so that I really want to focus so that I have have a comfortable place of accommodate my family.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving these transfers is that I have iron sheets which I will use in building a new house. I have been living in a grass thatched house which is small and its condition has been deteriorating on a daily basis. I have always wanted to have an iron-roofed house but due to my low income from farming, it has not been possible. I have struggled even through casual work and odd jobs in the village to raise money but I was still far from the target. I had not made any major step until I started receiving the transfers. I am almost done with iron sheets and start to buy other materials like nails and timber.

In the next six months, I would want to buy a cow. This will be an investment for my family. From this, I would want to have an inheritance that I would leave to my sons when I die.

My life is currently different in that I can purchase the building materials for my house and also purchase food for my household.

I have no new goals.

The biggest difference is that I have been able to purchase raw materials for building my house.

I still do not have a plan for the next six months.

Apart from my set goals, I do not have another new goal.

I have started buying iron sheets which gives me an assurance that I will finally have a new house. This makes me happy.

I would want to finish buying iron sheets and build a new house.

I have been staying in a house with a leaking roof and I have been longing to have a better house but since I was not economically empowered, I was not able to achieve it. Thanks to Give Directly, I will have my desired house since I have started buying iron sheet.